a covid pcr testing lab, that recorded thousands of inaccurate results, won a multi million pound government contract uncovering the secrets of the solar system a new nasa mission aims to learn more about how the planets were created. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. our top story this morning the killing of the conservative mp sir david amess, who was stabbed multiple times at his constituency surgery in leigh on sea in essex on friday. this morning the prime minister borisjohnson arrived in leigh on sea with the labour leader, sir keir starmer, the home secretary, priti patel and the speaker of the house of commons, sir lindsay hoyle. the politicians laid a wreath at the front of belfairs methodist church, where sir david was fatally stabbed on friday. the killing of sir david is being treated as a terrorist incident by police. officers say they are investigating a potential link to islamist extremism . detectives have been carrying o
to defend themselves, citing the threat of foreign military intervention. they claim to have information a foreign power is preparing to attack. it comes after the expiry of a sunday deadline from west african regional bloc ecowas, which demanded the coup be reversed. the group now plans to hold an emergency summit on thursday. meanwhile, the united states is suspending more than $100 million in aid to niger. but officials insist there s still time to solve the crisis. i spoke to former state department official bisa williams earlier to get insights into the situation. we are now learning more about the acting deputy secretary of state s unsuccessful attempts to negotiate some kind of settlement to see a return to power of president mohamed bazoum. why do you think she wasn t able to make any progress there? i m not sure i would characterise that as unsuccessful completely. my understanding was that the acting deputy secretary left the door open for continued discussions an
we are expecting now the uk prime minister, rishi sunak, to speak shortly from a border force patrol boat. let s cross live now. risking their lives, let s cross live now. risking their lives. gangs let s cross live now. risking their lives, gangs taking let s cross live now. risking their lives, gangs taking upon - let s cross live now. risking their. lives, gangs taking upon themselves to decide who comes to our country. our asylum system is being overwhelmed with people travelling from safe countries, taking away our capacity help those in greatest need and the british people are having to pay £6 million a day putting up illegal migrants in hotels. i set out priorities to of halve inflation, grow the economy, cut debt, and stop the boats. i would like to update you on the progress we are making. my message is this, our plan is starting to work. before i launched my plan in december, the number entering the uk illegally in small boats had more than quadrupled in two ye
hello, i m ben thompson, welcome to bbc news now. with you for three hours of live news, interviews and reaction. we begin in ukraine, where kyiv says it s moving forward in what appears to be the start of a counter offensive. the ukrainian army has released these images showing what it says are ukrainian forces destroying russian positions in the direction of bakhmut, in the occupied eastern region of donetsk. in contrast, russia claims it s thwarted a major ukrainian attack in the same region. it s defence ministry has released this video, that it says shows ukrainian armoured vehicles coming under heavy fire. moscow says 250 ukrainian troops were killed and a number of armoured vehicles were destroyed. the claims have not been verified by the bbc. here is a map showing the area where ukrainian forces have made probing attack. around bakhmut and also the western part of zaporizhzhia region, but also the eastern part of donetsk. in particular around the town of vuhledar,
what a change it made so fast. i feel like anything is possible after accomplishing what i ve done with golo. thank you so much for letting us into your homes. we are so grateful. the beat with katie phang in for ari melber starts now. always good to see and thanks to you for everything. for the rest of you, welcome to the beat. i m in for ari melber. we start tonight with breaking news trump reportedly caught on tape. damaging new evidence in the trump classified documents criminal investigation. cnn is reporting prosecutors have obtained an audio recording of a summer 2021 meeting in which former president donald trump acknowledges that he held on to a classified pentagon document about a potential attack on iran. the recording indicating trump understood that he had retained classified materials after leaving the white house. the report adds on the recording trump s comments suggest he would like to share the information but he s aware of limitations on his abili